Invisible Enemy: The African American Freedom Struggle after 1965

This highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism
outlines how ‘colorblind’ approaches to discrimination
ensured the perpetuation of racial inequality in the United States
well beyond the 1960s.

A highly accessible account of the evolution of American
racism, its perpetuation, and black people’s struggles for
equality in the post-civil rights era

Guides students to a better understanding of the experiences
of black Americans and their ongoing struggles for justice, by
highlighting the interconnectedness of African American history
with that of the nation as a whole

Highlights the economic and political functions that racism
has served throughout the nation’s history

Discusses the continuation of the freedom movement beyond the
1960s to provide a comprehensive new historiography of racial
equality and social justice

Greta de Jong is Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focuses on the connections between race and class and the ways that African Americans have fought for economic as well as political rights from the end of slavery through the twenty-first century. She is the author of A Different Day: African American Struggles for Justice in Rural Louisiana, 1900--1970 (2002).

"The book is an important contribution in understanding a still largely overlooked period of contemporary history. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." (Choice , 1 April 2011)

"Even so, the thematic unity and clear elucidation of the nature and persistence of systemic racism in American society and of white Americans ' blindness to it makes the book a valuable study thatshould engage student audiences and the reading public." (Journal of American History, 1 March 2011)

“A remarkable scholarly work that illuminates why the
struggle for equal rights did not achieve full racial equality. . .
de Jong draws attention to the oppressive economic and
political forces that have yet to be overcome, even as
Americans celebrate the dream of Martin Luther King,
Jr.” Clayborne Carson, Founding director of the Martin Luther King,
Jr. Research and Education Instituteat Stanford
University

“De Jong writes with passion and grace. Her
historically-grounded treatment of both racism and black Americans'
self-directed struggles for justice make this study an invaluable
guide to the complexities of race in contemporary
society.”William L. Van Deburg, author of New Day in Babylon:
The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975

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